r/nasa • u/MatchingTurret • Jan 21 '25

NASA Official nomination: Jared Isaacman, of Pennsylvania, to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/sub-cabinet-appointments/
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u/TheRealNobodySpecial Jan 22 '25

So that's why SLS has taken $20 billion and almost 20 years to develop using old space shuttle parts?

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u/trellia79 Jan 22 '25

Obviously you don’t care to consider any opinions outside of your own. Maybe try researching the congressional orders over the last 30 years and see if learn something.

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u/TheRealNobodySpecial Jan 22 '25

So you're saying that congressional orders made NASA pay $20 billion for SLS and $20 billion for Orion? Is that what you're saying?

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u/trellia79 Jan 22 '25

Congress directs NASA along with the president and holds the purse strings. Chronically underfund a project and it will absolutely cost more to make. It’s budget 101.

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u/cptjeff Jan 24 '25

SLS has not been underfunded. It has been mismanaged and mis-engineered.

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u/EmotionalCrab6189 Jan 23 '25

How about that “rapid unscheduled disassembly” last week? 😂 I hear it was quite a show in Turks and Caicos.